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11 Jan 17
Failing to crack down on the tobacco industry will cost the world more than $1tn annually, the World Health Organisation has said, countering industry claims that more controls will hurt nations’...
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4 Jan 17
Aid to the world’s poorest countries fell for the second year running in 2015 as donor governments prioritised refugee costs on their own soil, according to anti-poverty group the ONE Campaign.
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4 Jan 17
Finland has begun delivering unconditional payments to unemployed citizens to test whether providing a universal basic income can help boost employment.
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3 Jan 17
Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
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14 Dec 16
The world’s 48 poorest countries have fallen further behind the rest of the world due to the recent collapse in commodity prices, which has caused growth in this group to slump to its weakest level...
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12 Dec 16
Governments should focus spending on mental health and wellbeing, researchers have argued, after a study found these are more closely linked to happiness than financial problems or poverty.
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2 Dec 16
Money looted from Nigeria and seized by the UK should be used to save millions of people from starvation in the country’s north east, Save the Children has said.
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28 Nov 16
Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
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23 Nov 16
The UK’s aid department is under fire for “astounding” plans to channel billions of pounds more through its controversial private sector arm, which regularly routes funds through tax havens.
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22 Nov 16
Fifty mayors and local leaders have launched a plan of action to tackle the systemic inequality flourishing in cities globally.
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1 Nov 16
Global cities are likely to fall short on some key Sustainable Development Goals including child malnutrition and access to drinking water, housing and sanitation, a UK think-tank has warned.
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19 Oct 16
Innovative financing solutions will need to be developed in order to meet the New Urban Agenda adopted at the UN-backed Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, this week.
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19 Oct 16
Around 119 million people or 23.7% of the population of the European Union are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, official figures have shown.
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5 Oct 16
The world’s youngest children suffer the most from the impact of extreme poverty, a joint report from UNICEF and the World Bank has found.
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4 Oct 16
Governance in Africa has barely improved in the last decade as worrying declines in safety and the rule of law hold back progress, according to the authoritative Ibrahim Index of African Governance.
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3 Oct 16
High rates of inequality could stifle progress toward ending extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank has warned.
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23 Aug 16
The Jamaican authorities are continuing their “strong” implementation of the IMF’s requirements under the extended fund facility programme, it has been announced.
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2 Aug 16
Child hunger costs Ghana some $2.6bn every year, equivalent to 6.4% of the country’s GDP, a report from the United Nations has found.
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27 Jul 16
The environmental and social impacts of a $14bn hydropower dam will be assessed before construction begins later this year, the African Development Bank has guaranteed.
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27 Jul 16
Cash transfers do not discourage the world’s poorest and most vulnerable adults from working, research by the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has found.
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27 Jul 16
Tackling poverty, corruption, conflict and problems with basic services in Nigeria is one of the most important development challenges of this century, according to the UK’s International Development...
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22 Jul 16
Pressure on Denmark’s aid budget threatens to undermine the nation’s excellent record as one of the world’s most generous aid providers, the OECD has warned.
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20 Jul 16
Almost a quarter of a million children in north-eastern Nigeria are at risk from severe, acute malnutrition, UNICEF has warned.
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19 Jul 16
Countries must take early action if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved, the chief of the United Nations Development Programme has said.
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11 Jul 16
The International Monetary Fund has forecast a tentative recovery for Sierra Leone this year after the twin shocks of Ebola and collapsed iron prices sent the economy reeling.